Content owners, including HBO, Disney/ABC, and Fox are rapidly growing in importance as customers for video encoder and transcoders. Content owners have always purchased some video encoders for primary distribution – which feed into existing Pay TV systems; however, their investment is increasingly in multi-format transcoders that support direct to consumer distribution.
Space Tech Conference (http://www.spacetechexpo.com) the West Coast’s premier space event, to be held on May 21-23, 2013 in Long Beach, California, will bring together high-profile market players and industry specialists to discuss the pressing business issues facing the space industry.
The TV Connect conference and exhibition took the rapidly converging content and TV market into a new era, as thousands of visitors filled the Olympia in London last week. The stellar speaker line-up and calibre of exhibitors and delegates reflected the evolving nature of the industry, specifically focussing on integrating media to monetise the multiplatform environment.
ITU Telecom World 2013 is continuing the ‘one conversation that matters’ this year in Thailand under the theme ‘Embracing Change in a Digital World’. This is supported by a new website launched today to complement the event’s focus on high quality discussion and debate.
Preparations are underway for ITU Telecom World 2013, which will take place in Bangkok, 19 – 22 November, where we will build on the success and findings of last year’s event in Dubai.
Connected home entertainment solutions provider Netgem's current operating profit for 2012 amounted to €12.3 million (-3% compared to 2011) (US$ 15.75 mil.) or 15% of full-year revenue of €81.2 million (-4% compared to 2011). Gross margin for 2012 amounted to €30.2 million (37% of revenue) as compared to €32.4 million in 2011 (38% of revenue).
Operating expenses decreased 9% to €17.9 million in 2012, compared to €19.8 million in 2011, while the number of active customers increased, reflecting the control over operational costs and risks without any impact on the R&D effort.
Fiber distribution service provider The Switch has acquired substantially all of the assets and operations of HTN Communications, LLC (HTN), a provider of sports television and radio distribution services in North America.
Founded in 1956, HTN (formerly Hughes Television Network), is one of the longest-tenured provider of sports television and radio distribution services in North America, providing HD transmission access from every MLB, NBA and NHL sports venue in the United States as well as numerous entertainment events, concerts and news media outlets.
Google, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft prepare ground for global ambitions
The Internet content delivery market will undergo huge changes over the next decade as major telcos and Internet giants, including Google, Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft, wrangle over the continuing over-the-top (OTT) Internet traffic content boom, according to a new Informa Telecoms & Media report Internet Innovation.
Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) is conducting a strategic review of its Optus Satellite business to optimize value for its shareholders. SingTel said it has appointed Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley as financial advisors to assist with the review.
Industry officials attending the Satellite 2013 conference in Washington DC last week speculated that APT Satellite of Hong Kong, partly owned by ChinaSat, and Eutelsat of Paris could both be potential bidders for the Optus assets if they are bidded out.
Mobile satellite voice and data services provider Globalstar has reported that its fourth quarter revenues rose 10 percent from the year before to US$19.12 million while service revenue increased to US$15.3 million from US$13.6 million the year earlier.
However, the company still posted net loss of US$19 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 compared to a net loss of US$33.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2011.
The way content is now delivered has rapidly advanced in leaps and bounds. Demand from viewers for better content on multiple platforms has prompted many producers in Asia to seek ways to produce good and right content that has global appeal. With the massive amount of content out there, good quality content has become essential in order to stand out among the competition, as well as pull in and retain viewers’ attention.
